Healthy mouth, healthy gut: a dysbiotic oral microbiome exacerbates colitis

N M Moutsopoulos¹, J E Konkel^{2

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¹ Oral Immunity and Inflammation Section, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA. nmoutsop@mail.nih.gov.
² Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK. joanne.konkel@manchester.ac.uk.
³ Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9NT, UK. joanne.konkel@manchester.ac.uk.

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. 2020 Nov;13(6):852-854.

doi: 10.1038/s41385-020-00341-y. Epub 2020 Aug 25.

N M Moutsopoulos¹, J E Konkel^{2

3}

¹ Oral Immunity and Inflammation Section, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA. nmoutsop@mail.nih.gov.
² Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK. joanne.konkel@manchester.ac.uk.
³ Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9NT, UK. joanne.konkel@manchester.ac.uk.

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